The Partner Magazine News and Magazine

National carrier RwandAir on Wednesday made its maiden commercial flight to Kinshasa, the capital of DR Congo, and the airline will operate three weekly direct flights from Kigali International Airport to Kinshasa’s N’Djili International Airport. The route will be operated on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, as the private sector in …

“Coding must be compulsory, at all levels. The currency of the future is going to be coding…We must democratize technology,” Adesina tells Mo Ibrahim Governance Week ABIDJAN, Côte d’Ivoire, 5 April 2019, – African Development Bank President Adesina, on Friday, pleaded for Africans to embrace technology, and governments to urgently …

  Honorable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, is in Rwanda since yesterday April 5th, where she will join in activities to mark the 25th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. She arrived from Ottawa accompanied by a delegation of prominent Canadians, and was greeted by Rwandan officials …

On a two-day visit to Rwanda that coincided with the 7th edition of the Africa CEO Forum 2019 held at the Kigali Convention Center in Kigali since Monday, March 25, DRC Head of State Félix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart, the President Paul Kagame have jointly expressed publicly this Tuesday, …

Africa Investment Forum: Partners reaffirm commitment to close Africa’s infrastructure gap Two innovative products – Digital Investment Platform, Tracker, announced Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire, 25 March 2019 – The African Development Bank, heads of 34 leading financial institutions covering Africa and other partners of the Africa Investment Forum reaffirmed their commitment …

Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, 20 March, 2019  – The African Development Bank is pleased to announce  the nomination of Professor Anthony Nyong, Director for Climate Change and Green Growth, as one of the ‘100 Most Influential People in Climate Policy 2019’ by Apolitical, a peer-to-peer learning platform for governments. Nyong, a …

As the 25th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi approaches, the National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC) and Ibuka, the umbrella organisation of Genocide survivors associations, have pledged to join hands to assess and report all cases that undermine unity and reconciliation. “We looked at how the previous …

Equatorial Guinea will host the African Development Bank’s next Annual Meetings in June 2019, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the two parties. The Annual Meetings will take place from 11th to 14th June, 2019 in the country’s capital city, Malabo. “The Government and people of Equatorial …

According to a statement from the EAC secretariat, $10.7 million was committed to the continuation of the technical cooperation programme, which aims to bolster the bloc’s intra-regional trade. Germany has given the East African Community (EAC) a grant of $35 million (about Rwf40 billion) to implement regional integration projects in …

Gasmeth Energy Limited, a locally registered company, has committed to invest over US$400 million in the construction and maintenance of a gas extraction plant, processing and compression project in Lake Kivu. The firm signed an agreement to the effect with the government through Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB) …